Peerless: I Became Huo Yuhao's Dark Personality

Chapter 142 A Soul Saint at Twenty Years Old Is Not a Dream (Part 2)

As soon as they finished speaking, Huo Yumiao and Bingdi simultaneously focused their gazes on the Illusionary Seal, which floated above their spiritual sea of ​​consciousness and contained several primordial light clusters, its purple light dazzlingly captivating.

Huo Yumiao reached out, and the Illusionary Seal, as if receiving some instruction, transformed into a stream of light and appeared in her palm in the blink of an eye. Seeing this, the Ice Emperor beside her seemed to remember something and spoke:
"By the way, are you planning to tell Yuhao about the Phantom God?"

Upon hearing this, Huo Yumiao paused in her hand that was stroking the Illusionary Seal. "Of course I have to say it. It just so happens to be a reason to explain why my soul power has increased so quickly, and it will also give Yuhao a sense of urgency."

If Xi En approached me because Tang San wanted to control Yu Hao through me, that would put considerable pressure on Yu Hao. Pressure is a motivator, and as things stand, the situation is starting to look grim.

“That’s true.” Hyotei nodded in agreement. “But I thought you would comfort Yuhao rather than encourage him.”

"I want to comfort them too, but I can't do without encouragement, after all, our enemy is the God King."

Huo Yumiao shrugged helplessly, then her eyes narrowed as she controlled her mental energy to pour into the Illusionary Seal.

From the perspective of the Ice Emperor, a dense array of patterns appeared on the surface of the Illusionary Dragon Seal. As all the patterns were illuminated, Huo Yumiao disappeared into her spiritual sea of ​​consciousness.

Ice Emperor was stunned for a moment. Although she had lost sight of Huo Yumiao in her spiritual sea, she could still perceive the outside world through her spiritual power.

However, Ice Emperor, who was projecting his mental energy, was surprised to find that Huo Yumiao was still in the room; to be precise, it was his body that was in the room.

As for his soul, Hyotei could not sense even a trace of it at this moment.

Huo Yumiao felt a sudden blur before her eyes, and the next second, she found herself in a space radiating strange colors.

The space was vast, at least Huo Yumiao couldn't see the end. In the next instant, some unfamiliar information entered his memory, about the flow of time.

As if it were etched into his bones and turned into instinct, Huo Yumiao immediately became familiar with the Illusionary Seal. He quickly learned a piece of information, namely the difference in the flow of time between this space and the outside world.

With his current mental strength fully activated, he can achieve a time flow rate of 1:1.5, meaning that for every hour and a half he cultivates in the space, only one hour passes in the real world.

The proportion may not seem large, unlike the hundreds or thousands of times the difference in time flow in other fantasy novels, but Huo Yumiao was already very satisfied.

To be honest, 1.5 times is already a terrifying ratio, not to mention that this ratio is not fixed and will only increase as his mental strength grows.

This undoubtedly shortens Huo Yumiao's growth time significantly. Based on this calculation, he is confident that he can become a Soul King before the age of fifteen. If the flow of time increases further, it is not impossible for him to break through to Soul Saint at the age of twenty.

This is no ordinary Soul Saint, but the Soul Saint of Ultimate Ice, an ultimate martial soul, born to be adept at challenging opponents of higher levels.

In terms of combat power alone, even ten Soul Saints working together might not be able to defeat a Soul Saint with an ultimate Martial Soul. If they're not careful, they might even be killed in the process.

With a thought, Huo Yumiao returned to her spiritual sea. Ice Emperor patiently stood in place, seemingly having anticipated this scene. Upon Huo Yumiao's return, she quickly spoke:

"How is it, how does it feel?"

"Very good. With my current mental strength, I can create a space with a flow rate 1.5 times that of the outside world. The only regret is that I can only stay in it in the form of a soul."

Huo Yumiao said with a hint of regret that he had originally hoped to use this as a life-saving space, just like the Divine Might Space, but now it seems that he will not be able to achieve his wish.

Upon hearing Huo Yumiao's words, Bingdi was initially excited, but then rolled her eyes at her in annoyance, "It's already quite good that it can assist in cultivation."

Although she had just heard Xi En's words through Huo Yumiao's perspective, it was just empty talk and didn't have any real effect.

Hearing Huo Yumiao's genuine feelings now has a tremendous impact on Ice Emperor.

One and a half times! What does that mean? If we consider her past cultivation level, that's nearly 600,000 years of cultivation, which is quite a distance beyond that of a Limit Douluo.

To give a concrete example, as long as it's within the core area of ​​the far north, even if the Evil Emperor, ranked second among the ten ferocious beasts, came, the Ice Emperor would be confident of holding his own.

"Since that's the case, there's nothing more for me to do. You should focus on your cultivation and strive to break through as soon as possible."

"I will."

After giving her instructions, the Ice Emperor's figure gradually faded until it completely disappeared from her spiritual sea. Huo Yumiao responded in a low voice, activated the Illusionary Dragon Seal again, entered the alternate space, and began to meditate and cultivate her soul power.

Heavenly Soul Empire, Haotian Fortress.

Inside the secret chamber, Niu Tian, ​​who had failed to cast spells several times in a row, stood in front of the altar with a face full of question marks. On the altar was a golden statue.

Upon closer inspection, the statue's appearance is exactly the same as Tang San's, depicted with lifelike detail. The entire statue is in a standing posture, with Tang San holding a golden "harpoon" in his right hand and a bead in his left.

The statue is half a meter tall. Although it is not as tall as the huge statue in front of Shrek Academy, it has a breathtaking and imposing presence.

This is no ordinary statue, but a statue imbued with the power of a true god, far surpassing the meaningless sculpture in front of Shrek Academy.

This was a tool that Tang San placed in Haotian Fortress so that he could keep an eye on Wang Dong'er at any time, or rather, communicate intimately with Niu Tian and the other person at any time.

In the past, Tang San had always issued divine decrees through this statue for any instructions regarding Wang Dong'er, and Niu Tian and the others had also responded through this statue.

This explains why Niu Tian was puzzled when he received Tang San's divine power message. After all, he had spent some time in the God Realm and possessed divine power.

Niu Tian was naturally aware of some of the methods used by the gods, including the rule that the divine realm did not allow gods to interfere with the mortal realm without permission.

Therefore, Niu Tiancai couldn't understand why Tang San would choose such an unsafe and easily detectable way to deliver a message.

However, Niu Tian had long since put those questions to the back of his mind. Now he only had one question in his mind: Where is Tang San?

In the past, whenever he cast a spell, Tang San would almost always receive it instantly, with the occasional delay not exceeding half an hour.

However, since the spell was cast, Niu Tian had waited for three whole hours without receiving a response from Tang San, which was extremely unusual.

Niu Tian was helpless in this situation. Since Tang San didn't reply, he could only continue waiting. Through Tang San's sudden change in communication methods and subsequent loss of contact, Niu Tian had already realized something. The main reason for contacting Tang San was still about Wang Dong'er. Niu Tian knew what the Sun Moon Empire was, and since Tang San wanted Wang Dong'er to go there, Niu Tian had no choice but to comply, even though he was extremely unwilling.

He wanted Tang San to remove the restriction that caused Wang Dong'er's physiological aversion to soul tools, since having such a problem while staying in the Sun Moon Empire would easily arouse suspicion.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night, and Niu Tian is destined to never receive a response from Tang San.

He was unaware that the Douluo Continent had been included in the monitoring planes, and even less aware that Tang San could no longer directly access information about the Douluo Continent as before.

Mingdu, Sun Moon Royal Soul Instructor Academy.

"What? A divine throne inheritance!" Early in the morning, Huo Yumiao told Huo Yuhao everything that had happened last night, and then received a shocked look from Huo Yuhao.

Meanwhile, within Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was the most shocked, and besides shock, it also felt regret.

Having been obsessed with achieving immortality, it was filled with regret upon learning that Huo Yumiao had inherited a divine position.

If only it had known this would happen, it should have entered Huo Yumiao's spiritual sea when reshaping her body, no matter how confidently the ancient Ice God promised that Huo Yuhao would definitely become a god.

But until it's implemented, all of this is just wishful thinking, far less impactful than the divine inheritance that Huo Yumiao received.

"Don't be so surprised. This is not a good thing. After my conversation yesterday, I can basically confirm that this deity is related to Tang San. It was definitely arranged by him."

Upon hearing Tang San's name, the shock in Huo Yuhao's eyes vanished instantly, replaced by worry. "Brother Miao, do you mean you've also been targeted by Tang San?"

"That's right, this divine position was a trap set by Tang San for me. Do you remember what the ancient Ice God said? Tang San probably wanted to control you by controlling me."

Huo Yumiao revealed her guess, and Huo Yuhao's face was full of self-blame after hearing it. "I'm sorry, Brother Miao, it's all my fault for dragging you into this."

"That's not necessarily true. It's also possible that I have something that Tang San wants. This has nothing to do with you. The purpose of me telling you this is not to make you feel guilty."

Upon hearing this, Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up with determination. "Brother Miao, you're right. I will definitely work hard in my cultivation!"

Upon hearing Huo Yumiao's explanation, Tianmeng's mood improved somewhat. So, the divine position was a scheme. Well, it's alright now.

Seeing Huo Yuhao's spirited demeanor, Huo Yumiao nodded slightly, his goal already achieved.

After finishing breakfast, the two continued their studies, learning about soul tools during the day and cultivating their soul power through meditation at night. This was their current routine.

Advancing a soul tool is actually quite simple, at least that's what Huo Yumiao thinks; it's just a process of constantly practicing and becoming familiar with more advanced core magic arrays.

This process requires a lot of practice, but talent plays a crucial role, although it accounts for a small percentage but is an indispensable part.

To practice core magic arrays, one must first understand them. The higher the level of the core magic array, the more complex and intricate the patterns become, making it extremely difficult to inscribe.

Fortunately, Huo Yumiao has not yet encountered any situations she cannot understand.

Perhaps it was because his mental strength was too strong, which caused his thinking speed to be far beyond that of ordinary people, that he was always able to learn new core magic arrays with ease.

He could learn each new core magic array step by step, as if unraveling an onion, and with a lot of practice, he could quickly master it.

Huo Yuhao's situation is much the same as his. So far, neither of them has encountered a situation that they are completely clueless about. Their growth can be said to be steadily improving, and they are both gradually moving closer to becoming fourth-level soul masters.

When they don't have classes, the two usually keep to themselves in the lab, occasionally discussing the combination of various types of core magic arrays.

However, after sparring with the Hongchen siblings a few times and becoming familiar with them, the two of them also joined in. Although the two of them are now both level 5 Soul Masters, far surpassing Huo Yumiao, who is a level 3 Soul Master.

However, Soul Masters have to consider more than just Soul Tools. The Sun Moon Empire's Soul Master system is already very complete, and it has always placed great emphasis on the Soul Masters themselves.

However, although that's what they say, very few people actually do it. Most Soul Masters choose to take a lot of pills in order to have more time to study Soul Tools.

After their soul power was greatly enhanced, it was not consolidated in time and was raised again. Over time, this not only completely blocked their future path, but also made their physical fitness extremely fragile.

Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen would occasionally try to have a competition with Huo Yumiao and Huo Yuhao without using their soul skills, under the pretext of honing their physical strength.

Xiao Hongchen initially thought that since he possessed Soul King-level Soul Power, his physical strength would be slightly better than Huo Yumiao's, so he confidently wanted to avenge his defeat.

But what are Huo Yumiao and Huo Yuhao's bodies? They are frames built on the foundation of the Metal of Life, and their physical strength far surpasses that of Soul Masters of the same level.

What Xiao Hongchen got from the two of them was still failure, which made this self-proclaimed genius, who considered himself the best in the world, suffer a lot. Every time he looked at the two of them, his eyes were full of resentment.

After being utterly overwhelmed by Huo Yumiao's sheer physical prowess once again, Xiao Hongchen lay dejectedly on the metal floor of the laboratory, staring blankly at the ceiling, his entire being radiating a sense of death.

"I really don't know how you guys cultivate. You're only Soul Venerables, yet your physical abilities are stronger than ours, the two of us Soul Kings. We also train regularly."

On the other side, Meng Hongchen, who had just experienced the exact same thing as Xiao Hongchen, was resting on a bench, looking at Huo Yumiao with emotion.

Neither she nor Xiao Hongchen were the kind of weak Soul Kings. Although they consumed a lot of pills, they did not neglect their physical training; otherwise, they wouldn't be worthy of the title of geniuses.

“Your soul power has increased too quickly, and you have been in a state of overload. This overload is not as obvious as an injury, but it is constantly damaging your body, so it is naturally difficult to increase your strength.”

Huo Yumiao shook her head. This was the price of not consolidating her cultivation and allowing her body to adapt in a long time. The amount of soul power that always exceeded the body's normal level would inevitably cause damage to the body.

Over time, it may even affect their future potential. In fact, if we only cultivate soul power, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen can have a body that matches their Soul King cultivation level.

However, the two also focused on learning about soul tools, which also consumes a lot of time. If it weren't for their exceptional talent and the high-quality pills they consumed, they might not even have achieved their current physical strength.

(End of this chapter)